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Overview

Finals records on the line

The longest sequence of consecutive FIFA Women's World Cup
matches without a win could come to an end when the remaining eight
teams begin their attempts to lift the crown in China.
FIFA.com rounds up the statistics behind the
games.

Group C: Ghana v AustraliaIn the group opener in Hangzhou, Australia will be seeking an
end to the longest run of consecutive FIFA Women's World Cup
matches without a win - nine. In their three previous appearances
the Matildas have lost seven and drawn two. They also failed to
keep a single clean sheet in those matches, although China and
Japan went one match more without recording a shut-out between 1991
and 1999.

Australia have not struggled at the other end of the field -
scoring in each of their last eight matches. The best-ever
sequence, 15, was set by Norway between 1991 and 1999 although
Sweden now threaten that mark with a current run of 14.

Ghana's four points (one win, one draw) in the FIFA
Women's World Cup have all come against Australia. They met in
both their two previous tournaments, 1999 and 2003, and the
Africans' overall record in the competition shows four defeats
in their six games. Three players in Ghana's present squad also
featured in 1999 and 2003: Lidya Ankrah, Adjoa Bayor and Gladis
Enti, although the latter was an unused substitute in all six
games.

Norway v CanadaIn both their previous meetings at the FIFA Women's World
Cup, Norway have scored seven goals against Canada - 7-0 in 1995
and 7-1 in 1999. Moreover, they are unbeaten in the sides'
eight encounters overall (seven wins and one draw). Canada have
lost all six matches in the competition against European opponents
while a total of 53 goals has been scored in all Canada's games
(F18 A35). Twenty of these goals (37.7 per cent) were scored in the
last 15 minutes.

Canada are currently on a run of nine consecutive FIFA
Women's World Cup matches in which they have scored. Sweden
(14) are the closest to threatening Norway's record of 15
although Germany (10) and Australia (8) will also be looking to
keep their runs going.

Canada's Even Pellerud is the coach with most matches in
FIFA Women's World Cup history (18). This is his fourth
tournament having coached Norway in 1991 and 1995 as well as Canada
in 2003 and has never failed to reach the last four, masterminding
Norway's title success in 1995.

Group D: New Zealand v BrazilIn the group opener in Wuhan, Brazil will be trying to extend
their 100 per cent record in opening FIFA Women's World Cup
matches - four wins in four. New Zealand have never won a match in
a FIFA women's competition and their three games played
previously in the FIFA Women's World Cup, in 1991, all resulted
in defeat.

The only previous head-to-head between New Zealand and Brazil
was at the FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup in 2006 when they drew
0-0. In that match the coaches were John Herdman and Jorge
Barcellos, both now in charge of the senior teams.

China v DenmarkEvery host nation has won their inaugural match against
European opposition at the FIFA Women's World Cup. In 1991
China beat Norway 4-0, while USA defeated Denmark 3-0 in 1999 and
Sweden 3-1 in 2003. In 1995 Sweden also won their first encounter
with fellow Europeans, 3-2 against Germany. That was the only game
in the history of the competition in which the winning team has
come back from two goals down.

The teams have already met 11 times: China lead with seven wins
to Denmark's one. China coach Marika Domanski-Lyfors has never
led a team to victory in their opening match of a FIFA competition.
She was Sweden's coach at the FIFA Women's World Cups in
1999 and 2003 and at the Women's Olympic Football Tournaments
in 2000 and 2004.

Denmark will be anxious to stop a run of six consecutive FIFA
Women's World Cup defeats, a record for the competition. Their
last win came in the first group match of the 1995 event when they
beat Australia 5-0. The Danes' only other win in FIFA
Women's World Cup history was also an opening group match - in
1991 they beat New Zealand 3-0 in Guangzhou.

Along with Japan, China hold the record for consecutive matches
conceding a goal - ten from 1991 to 1999, in both cases. However
since 1999 China have improved their defensive organisation
significantly and hold the best sequence (four matches between 1999
and 2003, or a total of 442 minutes) for not conceding.